my last name is DePuy
2007-10-09 10:04:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Knowing your surname would not necessarily tell us whether you are related to someone famous.
Not everyone with the same surname is related or share ancestors. The best thing to do is to trace your family starting with yourself. Anytime you wish to do this, there are lots of good people on this board that can give you some great tips and advice.
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2007-10-09 19:34:06 · answer #1 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name means:
depuy
Origin: French
Spelling variations of this family name include: Dupuis, Dupuits, Dupuit Dupuy, du Puy, Dupuy, Du Peu, dePeu, DuPeux, LePeu, Dupè, Pouey, Poueigh, Pouy, Dupouy, Poy, Puig, Delpuy, Pouet, LePuy, LePuis, DePuis, DePuy, Le Pouey, DuPouy, LePeux, Dupée and many more.
First found in Languedoc where they anciently held lands and estates.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles Dupuis, who settled in Anapolis, Maryland, in 1763; Christopher DuPui settled in Philadelphia in 1860; Pierre Dupuit settled in Maryland in 1763.
From the website:
http://search.swyrich.com/searchresults.asp?Licensee=uk24071&Surname=depuy&sId=&t=2433
2007-10-09 17:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is an 85% chance you are related to Charlemagne, but it would take you a year to prove it and it might not be true.
If your mother was Emmy Lous Harris, then yes, you are related to someone famous. You would probably know if she was, but I'm making a point - you have 16 surnames among your gg grandparents; one of them might be a cousin to Abraham Lincoln.
2007-10-09 20:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe the name stems from Baldrick DePuy a humble peasant on the fields of easingwold who is internationally renowned for his discovery of the Puy Lentil
The surname meaning literally "of the Puy"
2007-10-09 17:12:54 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis R 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋